**********ALL PUBLIC RECORD***********

FOR THE MIAMI DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROFESSIONAL COMPLIANCE BUREAU
MIAMI , MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA

CASE NUMBER: I. A. 2013-0180

INVESTIGATION INTO
THE COMPLAINT OF
MIAMI DADE POLICE
DEPARTMENT
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SWORN STATEMENT OF KELLY SULLIVAN

THEREUPON:

KELLY SULLIVAN

HAVING FIRST BEEN DULY SWORN, WAS EXAMINED AND TESTIFIED UPON HIS OATH AS FOLLOWS:

SERGEANT MAHARAJ: I AM SERGEANT AIMEE MAHARAJ OF THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM THE INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE OF THIS CASE.

YOU ARE BEING QUESTIONED AS A SUBJECT EMPLOYEE IN AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE MIAMI DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE AGAINST YOU IN REFERENCE TO THE CASE THAT WE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT.

THIS INTERVIEW IS BEING CONDUCTED AT THE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE, PCB, AT 3:08 PM, ON THURSDAY, JULY 10TH, 2014.

ALSO PRESENT IN THIS CONVERSATION IS ATTORNEY BRENDAN COYLE AS WELL AS PCB SERGEANT EDWIN CABRERA.

OUR CONVERSATION IS BEING RECORDED, YOUR AWARE OF THIS?

THE WITNESS: I AM

SERGEANT MARHARJ: HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND SIGN THE COMPLAINT NOTIFICATION MEMORANDUM?

THE WITNESS: I HAVE.

SERGEANT MAHARAJ: HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND SIGN THE SUBJECT EMPLOYEE STATEMENT FORM?

THE WITNESS: I HAVE

SERGEANT MAHARAJ: AND WERE YOU PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF FLORIDA STATUE 112.532, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS RIGHTS?

THE WITNESS: YES, I WAS

EXAMINATION

SERGEANT MAHARAJ:

Q FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

A KELLY SULLIVAN

Q BADGE NUMBER

A 1693

Q CLASSIFICATION

A POLICE SERGEANT

Q CURRENT ASSIGNMENT

A POLICE SERGEANT

Q CURRENT ASSIGNMENT

A NORTHWEST DISTRICT, CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM

Q AGE

A FORTY-FIVE

Q LENGTH OF SERVICE

A TWENTY THREE YEARS AND CHANGE

Q SERGEANT SULLIVAN, BACK IN 2011 WHAT UNITS HAVE YOU BEEN ASSIGNED SINCE

A IN 2011 I WAS IN PUBLIC CORRUPTION AND WAS THERE UNTIL-- I WAS THERE PRIOR TO AND THEN THERE UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2013

Q AND THE LOCATIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS MOVED, THE BUREAU HAS MOVED

A SEVERAL TIMES

Q TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
TO THE BEST OF YOUR RECOLLECTION, FROM 2011 TO OCTOBER OF 2013, WHAT LOCATIONS WERE THE OFFICES AT?

A TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, I BELIEVE WE WERE IN THE LIGHT SPEED BUILDING WHERE COMMUNICATIONS IS AT NOW. i BELIEVE WE WERE THERE IN 2011. AND THEN WE MOVED OVER TO WHERE I THINK THEY ARE CURRENTLY STILL AT, OVER AT 87TH AVENUE AND NORTHWEST 18 STREET.

Q THE LIGHT SPEED BUILDING IS THE ONE OFF OF APPROXIMATELY 117 AND NORTHWEST 25 STREET?

A CORRECT

Q WHAT WAS YOUR CAPACITY, WAS IT PLAINCLOTHES OR UNIFORM?

A PLAINCLOTHES

Q WHAT WERE YOUR HOURS, TO THE BEST OF YOUR RECOLLECTION, GOING BACK TO 2011

A I BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN, FROM THAT TIME FORWARD, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH 8 AM TO 6 PM, GENERALLY.

Q AND YOU SAY GENERALLY. WAS THERE TIMES WHERE IT VARIED?

A THAT WOULD BE OUR STANDARD SCHEDULE, BUT DEPENDING ON OVERTIME AVAILABILITY. OBVIOUSLY, WE MAY ADJUST OUR HOURS OR, YOU KNOW, STAY BEYOND AND COME IN EARLIER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

Q OK, IN 2010 YOU WERE ASSIGNED A BLUE CHEVY, COLORADO PICKUP TRUCK, IS THAT CORRECT?

A THAT IS WHAT IT SAID I HAD. IF THAT IS WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS, MORE THAN LIKELY YES. I DID HAVE A BLUE CHEVY COLORADO.

Q AND, DO YOU RECALL IF IT HAD A CONFIDENTIAL TAG?

A I BELIEVE IT DID

Q DID IT HAVE A SUN PASS OF TOLL CARD?

A YES.

Q AND YOU WERE AT SOME POINT BACK IN 2011, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL RECORDS 7, 8 AND 9, WHICH ARE THERE, HAD A DODGE, PICKUP TRUCK AS WELL, A DARK GREEN.

A CORRECT.

Q AND, DO YOU RECALL IF IT HAD A CONFIDENTIAL TAG AS WELL?

A I BELIEVE SO

Q HOW ABOUT A SUN PASS OR TOLL CARD?

A IT DID.

Q IN 2012 YOU WERE ASSIGNED A WHITE FORD PICKUP TRUCK, IS THAT CORRECT?

A YES MA'AM.

Q AND TO YOUR RECOLLECTION DID IT HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL TAG AS WELL AS A SUN PASS?

A YES.

Q
Q AND IN 2013 YOU WERE ASSIGNED THE KIA, OPTIMA.

A CORRECT.

Q ONCE AGAIN, DID IT HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL TAG AND SUN PASS ASSIGNED TO IT?

A IT DID.

Q ON OCTOBER 15, 2013, WHEN WE TOWED THE KIA, OPTIMA THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO YOU AT THE TIME, IT HAD FLORIDA TAG 653 WUM ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE, CORRECT?

A I THINK SO.

Q WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHECK ONE OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS?

A I LOOKED AT IT AND I THINK THAT IS THE TAG THAT I SAW ON THE PICTURES THAT YOU HAD FOR THE RECORD, SO IT IS PROBABLY CORRECT, YES.

Q DID YOU ATTACH THAT TAG TO THE KIA OPTIMA?

A I DID

Q AND WHEN YOU AUTHORIZED US FOR CONSENT FOR US TO SEARCH THE KIA, OPTIMA, WE LOCATED ADDITIONAL TAGS IN THE TRUNK WHICH WAS GEORGIA AXG3287, A TEXAS TAG OF S76NTS AND A FLORIDA TAG. IS THAT CORRECT?

A YES.

Q AND DURING THIS SEARCH WE ALSO LOCATED A SUN PASS WITH A NUMBER OF 1815 WHICH WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE KIA, OPTIMA.
WAS THAT THE SUN PASS ASSIGNED TO THE KIA?

A I BELIEVE SO.

Q HOW DID YOU OBTAIN POSSESSION OF THE GEORGIA TAGS AND FLORIDA TAG THAT WAS ON THE KIA, OPTIMA?

A I PURCHASED THEM ONLINE.

Q DO YOU RECALL WHAT TYPE OF WEBSITE IT WAS?

A I BELIEVE THE WEBSITE IS CALLED PLATESUSA.COM

Q AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE DID YOU PURCHASE THESE TAGS?

A FOR CONDUCTING UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE'S.

Q WERE YOU AWARE IF ANY OF THESE TAGS WERE ACTUALLY REGISTERED TO ANYONE?

a NO MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT SINCE I WAS BUYING THEM ONLINE, THAT THEY WERE DEAD TAGS THAT WERE OUT OF USE. SO I DONT, I DIDNT BELIEVE THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO ANYBODY. I WOULD REFER TO THEM AS A DEAD TAG.

Q AND DID YOU EVER RUN THESE TAGS IN ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM TO CONFIRM THAT?

A I DONT RECALL IF I DID. I DONT THINK THAT I DID.

Q DO YOU KNOW OR ARE YOU AWARE THAT FLORIDA TAG 653 WUM WAS REPORTED STOLEN BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2013?

A I HAD NO IDEA.

Q YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED YOU DID ATTACH THE ACTUAL FLORIDA TAG 654 WUM ON THE COUNTY, THE ASSIGNED VEHICLE THAT YOU HAD WHICH WAS A KIA, OPTIMA.
SO DID YOU EVER ATTACH IT ALSO TO THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO YOU, WHICH WAS THE CHEVY, THE DODGE, AND FORD PICKUP TRUCK?

A PROBABLY. I KNOW I DID ATTACH IT TO THOSE VEHICLE. IT IS JUST THAT I DONT KNOW. BUT YES, I DID.

Q SO IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT BACK SINCE 2011 AT SOME POINT YOU DID ATTACH THEM TO THOSE VEHICLES, TO THE VEHICLE THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED TO.

A YES MA'AM.

Q AND HOW ABOUT THE GEORGIA TAG?

A THE SAME, YES.

Q AS WELL.
OK. SO JUST TO RECAP, JUST TO CLARIFY. THE FLORIDA TAG 653 WUM, THE GEORGIA TAG AXG3287 AND TEXAS TAG S76NTS, YOU AT SOME POINT ATTACHED THESE UNAUTHORIZED TAGS TO YOUR COUNTY ASSIGNED VEHICLES SINCE 2011 TO OCTOBER OF 2013?

A THAT IS CORRECT.

Q KNOWING THAT YOU WERE NOT UTILIZING THE SUN PASS ATTACHED TO THESE VEHICLES AT THE TIME, WHEN YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE TOLL PLAZA, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE SUN PASS WOULD COLLECT THEIR MONEY?

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